US6640593B1 - Adaptor for a door locking mechanism - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B63/00—Locks or fastenings with special structural characteristics
- E05B63/0056—Locks with adjustable or exchangeable lock parts
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B3/00—Fastening knobs or handles to lock or latch parts
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B55/00—Locks in which a sliding latch is used also as a locking bolt
- E05B55/005—Cylindrical or tubular locks
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
- E05C21/00—Arrangements or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by a single preceding main group; Locking kits
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T70/00—Locks
- Y10T70/50—Special application
- Y10T70/5611—For control and machine elements
- Y10T70/5757—Handle, handwheel or knob
- Y10T70/5832—Lock and handle assembly
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T70/00—Locks
- Y10T70/70—Operating mechanism
- Y10T70/7051—Using a powered device [e.g., motor]
- Y10T70/7062—Electrical type [e.g., solenoid]
- Y10T70/7124—Retracted electrically only
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T70/00—Locks
- Y10T70/70—Operating mechanism
- Y10T70/7441—Key
- Y10T70/7486—Single key
- Y10T70/7508—Tumbler type
- Y10T70/752—Sliding tumblers
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- the present invention relates to cylindrical locks.
- lever operated cylindrical locksets in the market place. These essentially include a lever handle that is cast and fitted onto the locking mechanism.
- the potential for a manufacturer to add new designs to their range, or to offer custom designs for small production quantities, without requiring expensive tooling each time has been a long felt need in the industry.
- the lock manufacturer and user will have the ability to introduce a wide variety of lock handles with pin tumbler assemblies.
- the lock assembly is designed so that the only critical feature of the handle is that it be manufactured with an opening at its end that will fit a correspondingly shaped portion of the lock adaptor assembly the handle can be formed into whatever shape desired thus giving the lock manufacturer and user the ability to truly have “decorator” handles of whatever size and shape desired along with whatever information or logo they desire to place thereon.
- a novel adaptor assembly that will fit between the cylindrical lock mechanism and the handle.
- the adaptor assembly provides for conventional keyed cylinders of all types to be inserted prior to assembly of the handle and final installation onto the lockset mechanism.
- the outer face of the adaptor has a raised oval step to which the handle is fixed and secured to the adaptor with bolts from the side opposite the raised oval step.
- Any of a wide variety of handles can be employed which handles can be cut into whatever shape desired so long as there is an oval opening at one end that fits over the oval step of the adaptor and is secured relative thereto.
- an oval step and opening has been described the invention is not limited to this configuration. It is only necessary that the step portion and opening have mating configurations.
- the adaptor assembly allows for any standard type of pin tumbler including interchangeable cores to be incorporated into the lockset.
- the adaptor can be applied to existing cylindrical lock mechanisms.
- the adaptor includes an oval shaped portion that receives any handle that defines an opening having the same shape and this permits the adaptor to accommodate any shaped handle having a corresponding opening with the obvious advantage that the handle can be readily changed, a feature which makes for ready acceptance in the industry.
- FIG. 1 shows an exploded view of one half of a door locking assembly along with the examples of various types of handles that can be used.
- the variety of handles is essentially limitless and those shown are only intended to be representative.
- the drawing FIGURE is an exploded perspective view.
- the novel adapter 10 for the locking assembly is secured relative thereto and comprises a cylinder core that includes a core body 12 having a lower lobe 14 and upper lobe 16 .
- a conventional key plug is mounted in the upper lobe 16 which is formed to include a keyway for accepting an operating key.
- a conventional throw member 18 interconnects the tail end of the lock core 12 with the conventional cylindrical lock mechanism 20 that generates a bolt retractor mechanism 22 that is conventional and is mounted inside a door (not shown) in a conventional way.
- a conventional rose and base assembly 23 to cover the door opening.
- the lock core 12 can be operated using an operating key to rotate the throw member 18 about the longitudinal axis to either lock or unlock the bolt 24 connected to the retractor mechanism 22 .
- the retractor mechanism can be activated by rotating the door handle 30 described in detail hereinafter about its axis of rotation to retract the latch bolt 24 mounted in an edge face of a door.
- the lock core 12 extends through the opening 32 corresponding thereto in the adaptor 10 with the throw member 18 adapted to extend into the outside lock tube 37 that is connected to the cylindrical lock mechanism 20 that includes a retractor (not shown) that operates the bolt 24 located in the retractor mechanism 22 .
- the adapter 10 includes on its outer face a raised oval shaped portion 36 that defines the opening 32 into which the key core 12 fits flush with respect to the outer surface of oval shaped portion 36 .
- a raised oval shaped portion 36 that defines the opening 32 into which the key core 12 fits flush with respect to the outer surface of oval shaped portion 36 .
- any of a wide variety of handles that defines at its end portion an elliptical opening 34 that conforms to the oval shaped portion 36 can be used.
- any number of decorative handles such as 30 , 30 a , 30 b , 30 c and 30 d shown in the right hand portion of the drawing can be employed.
- handles 30 etc. have one feature in common and that is they each have an elliptical opening 34 that is designed to fit over the raised oval shape portion 36 of the adaptor. These handles 30 can be readily cut from any appropriate metal desired or formed in an otherwise equivalent manner.
- the handles 30 are connected to the adaptor assembly by fasteners 38 that extend through the end of the adaptor opposite to the raised oval face 36 the fasteners extending through a planar portion 40 , from which projects the oval portion 36 .
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US20040113441A1 (en) * | 2002-12-11 | 2004-06-17 | Tri/Mark Corporation | Latch assembly for movable closure element |
US20040113440A1 (en) * | 2002-12-11 | 2004-06-17 | Zweibohmer Dennis J. | Latch assembly for movable closure element |
US20060112743A1 (en) * | 2004-12-01 | 2006-06-01 | Taiwan Fu Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd. | Alignment structure for combining a lever handle with a handle lock mechanism |
US7401484B1 (en) * | 2005-11-22 | 2008-07-22 | The Eastern Company | Low profile, lockable handle, housing and cover assembly |
US8136375B2 (en) * | 2010-04-20 | 2012-03-20 | I-Tek Metal Mfg. Co., Ltd. | Door lock for use with differing interchangeable lock cores |
US9212506B2 (en) | 2012-03-08 | 2015-12-15 | Schlage Lock Company Llc | System and method for adjusting the spring torque of a lock chassis |
US20180187451A1 (en) * | 2015-09-02 | 2018-07-05 | Tnbt Holdings Pty Ltd | A mechanism for a lockset and a method for configuring a lockset's function |
USD896610S1 (en) * | 2011-05-07 | 2020-09-22 | Battlearms Ip, Llc | Selector lever element |
US11035149B2 (en) | 2017-11-03 | 2021-06-15 | Schlage Lock Company Llc | Modular cylindrical lockset |
US20220010591A1 (en) * | 2018-05-25 | 2022-01-13 | Schlage Lock Company Llc | Adjustable decorative lockset rose assembly |
US20230265678A1 (en) * | 2022-02-23 | 2023-08-24 | Shanghai Ming Wei Hardware Co., Ltd. | Universal adaptor for door handle |
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US20060112743A1 (en) * | 2004-12-01 | 2006-06-01 | Taiwan Fu Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd. | Alignment structure for combining a lever handle with a handle lock mechanism |
US7401484B1 (en) * | 2005-11-22 | 2008-07-22 | The Eastern Company | Low profile, lockable handle, housing and cover assembly |
US8136375B2 (en) * | 2010-04-20 | 2012-03-20 | I-Tek Metal Mfg. Co., Ltd. | Door lock for use with differing interchangeable lock cores |
USD896610S1 (en) * | 2011-05-07 | 2020-09-22 | Battlearms Ip, Llc | Selector lever element |
USD904854S1 (en) * | 2011-05-07 | 2020-12-15 | Battlearms Ip, Llc | Selector lever |
US9212506B2 (en) | 2012-03-08 | 2015-12-15 | Schlage Lock Company Llc | System and method for adjusting the spring torque of a lock chassis |
US20180187451A1 (en) * | 2015-09-02 | 2018-07-05 | Tnbt Holdings Pty Ltd | A mechanism for a lockset and a method for configuring a lockset's function |
US10724272B2 (en) * | 2015-09-02 | 2020-07-28 | Tnbt Holdings Pty Ltd | Mechanism for a lockset and a method for configuring a lockset's function |
US11035149B2 (en) | 2017-11-03 | 2021-06-15 | Schlage Lock Company Llc | Modular cylindrical lockset |
US11078686B2 (en) | 2017-11-03 | 2021-08-03 | Schlage Lock Company Llc | Modular cylindrical lockset |
US11920379B2 (en) | 2017-11-03 | 2024-03-05 | Schlage Lock Company Llc | Modular cylindrical lockset |
US20220010591A1 (en) * | 2018-05-25 | 2022-01-13 | Schlage Lock Company Llc | Adjustable decorative lockset rose assembly |
US11920371B2 (en) * | 2018-05-25 | 2024-03-05 | Schlage Lock Company Llc | Adjustable decorative lockset rose assembly |
US20230265678A1 (en) * | 2022-02-23 | 2023-08-24 | Shanghai Ming Wei Hardware Co., Ltd. | Universal adaptor for door handle |
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